The Essentials of Composite Materials : A Guide for Engineering and Beyond (Hardcover)

0. Front Matter.?1. What Exactly Is A Composite Material?. 2. Polymer Matrix Composites. 3. Fillers or Type of Reinforcements. 4. Role of Fibres and the Matrix. 5. Materials Categories. 6. Material Types. 7. Composite Material Application Field. 8. Advantages and Disadvantages of PMC’s. 9. Materials Used in the Naval Industry. 10. Reinforcing Materials Design. 11. Fabric Structures. 12. Thermoset Matrices. 13. High Performance Thermoplastic Matrices. 14. Material Selection. 15. Manufacturing Methods. 16. Factors to be Considered in the Manufacturing Process Selection. 17. Composite Product Design. 18. Fibre to Resin Ratio. 19. Critical Variables During the Process Development in Composite Materials. 20. Thermosetting Materials During Curing Process. 21. Glass Transition Temperature. 22. Solid Polymer Laminate. 23. Composite Systems. 24. Laminated Composite Plates Analysis. 25. Classical Laminate Theory (CLT). 26. Laminate. 27. Introduction to Failure Criteria. 28. Laminate Sandwich Panels. 29. Nomenclature. 30. Composite Recycling. 31. New Technologies applied into Composite Materials. 32. The Introduction of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Into Composite Materials.